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MY WORD OF THE WEEK – Platinum Jubilee
It’s the extended weekend of the Platinum Jubilee and whether or not you are a royalist, it is a momentous occasion in history with our Queen being on the throne for 70 years! That has to be worth celebrating doesn’t it? I’ve seen so much negativity around online and it makes me sad. Yes, maybe we don’t need Royalty anymore, maybe no-one wants to celebrate the reign of our Queen, but I still see it as a moment in history and I wish we were doing more.
Back in 1977 I can remember my Mum and her neighbours planning the Silver Jubilee street party. Each week they would go around each of the neighbours doors and collect money from their for the fund. They had regular meetings to plan the day, usually held in each other’s homes. On the day they paid to have the street closed off to traffic and almost every house was decorated with flags and bunting. The street was used for party games all day long and we had a fancy dress parade. The church hall was used for the afternoon tea party and their were stalls set up everywhere with fun games and activities. In the evening the church hall was used for a big party. It was truly a momentous day that took months of planning and I remember it like it was yesterday despite being just a child at the time.
I don’t really remember the Golden Jubilee apart from their being some things on television and my daughter being given a commemorative coin at school. (I have three coins now, Silver, Gold and Platinum)
The main memory I have of the Diamond Jubilee is a party held at Star’s primary school. I remember saying how I remembered the Silver Jubilee and got lots of weird looks. Most of the other parents there hadn’t even been born, or were young children!!
I would have liked my children to have had similar memories of this Jubilee but that’s not going to happen and they are not interested. How sad is that! We have bunting up and I’m planning on a BBQ weather permitting, but party food if not. We will celebrate in our way, even though a street party would have been nicer.
Are you doing anything to celebrate the Jubiliee?
What word or phrase sums up your week this week?
I was 4 at the time of the Silver Jubilee but I remember there was a big party at the local church or the cricket ground… and I was dressed as a nurse! We were going to have my parents over but Covid has put paid to that 🙁
Ahh! We have been celebrating lots and taking advantage of what’s been going on locally. It is a bit of history, I like the Queen and she has done so well ruling the country for 70 years.
The Silver jubilee celebrations sound wonderful. I can remember something about the Golden Jubilee when I was at school and I don’t remember the Diamond Jubilee at all, that one seems to have passed my by. lol
I hope you have had a lovely time no matter what you do. x
We have stayed away from social media, even radio and tv recently. But I know there’s much negativity surrounding the monarchy. I do understand some of the reasoning. I think it’s a nice thing to celebrate though. 70 years is a long time… and some of the family members seem nice. Very few houses in my area have been decorated ( we had a little walk around yesterday). At home, we had our own little tea party, just the two of us. Hope you thoroughly enjoy the festivities.
What lovely memories from the Silver Jubilee. I wasn’t born until a couple of years after the Silver Jubilee but I remember some of the Golden Jubilee celebrations on TV but don’t really remember marking it particularly although I did take baby Jessica to a street party held by the local church for the Diamond Jubilee. I hope you managed to find some way to celebrate and enjoy the Platinum Jubilee weekend. We had a community picnic in the park which was really lovely. #WotW